Coimbatore: A 53-year-old man was arrested for sexually assaulting a two-year-old girl in a village near Annur on Saturday.
The arrested person was identified as R Sampath of Annur, a labourer. “The girl was playing with other children on Saturday evening. Her mother heard her screaming in pain in her neighbour’s house and rushed to the place to find Sampath sexually assaulted her daughter. She took the girl to the government hospital in Annur,” a police officer said.
Based on the mother's complaint, the Annur police registered a case and arrested Sampath on Saturday night. He was booked under sections 3 (b), 4, 5 (m), read with 6 of the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act, 2012.